Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

For me I hate Benzos, they make me depressed and tired. What I love and adore for anxiety is antipsychotics... I take .5mg of Risperdal when I am anxious and it calms be right down in like an hour or so.. Love love love it. If I need more I slam on another .5mg. Also if I am bad I will add more Seroquel - like 100-200mg more. I use the regular Seroquel for this (although I use the XR normally)

Oh and I don't take Seroquel solely at night for sleep. I will take it during the day for things like anxiety. Looove it. The XR version lasts throughout the day &amp; night too since it is extended release.

your pharmacy will give you up to 3 dy supply if they have previousely filled that med for you. or you could call you Dr offc and see if they will provide you w a free sample pk of your med.
1 of 2 should work.

I agree with dancingd, Benadryl may help calm you down or you can take Valerian which is in the vitamin section. When I was doing so many pills and ran out I would use Valerian to calm me down. People use it for sleep but when you are detoxing it will calm you down.

A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...

Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...

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